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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Bray Hubbard dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 11 FINAL Buccaneers 21, Colts 10 WK 11 FINAL Lions 41, Cardinals 20 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 8 · FINAL
VIKINGS 4-6 · 20.0 PPG 19 – 16 FALCONS 3-7 · 29.0 PPG
THE READ
Vikings win the turnover battle and the game

Falcons could not stop handing it over, and Vikings made it count — 19-16. Jalon Walker lived in the backfield for Falcons — 2 sacks — in a losing effort. Drake London was the target for Falcons — 6 catches, 65 yards. A season best for J.J. McCarthy. On the ground: Vikings 129, Falcons 94.

The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Vikings -1.2 +6.7 -7.9 +1
Falcons -4.0 +0.8 -4.8 -5
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
Jalon Walker
Falcons
2 sacks
Drake London
Falcons
6 catches, 65 yards
Bijan Robinson
Falcons
19 carries, 64 yards
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground Vikings 129, Falcons 94 Vikings
Total yards Vikings 268, Falcons 245 Vikings
Through the air Falcons 151, Vikings 139 Falcons
Pressure Falcons 5 sacks, Vikings 0 Falcons
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 8 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 20.6 scored, 28.5 allowed
8.1 yds/att 58.3% completions 4.7 yds/carry 278.3 yds/game 1.1 giveaways/game 12.5% sack rate last 5: 2-3
Primary weapon: Justin Jefferson WR — 35% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive Balance 88 Ball security 69 Back usage 35% QB runs 1.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 12.5% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 80 WR 86 TE 83 RB 78 OL 82 DL 79 LB 80 DB 84
Best: Justin Jefferson WR 95 Fastest: Isaiah Sategna III WR 96 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
TDS-_-IamQ
Falcons · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away One back
Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against31.5 — 32.8 Margin-1.2 Giveaways a game2.4 Sacks taken4.9% of dropbacks Lead backBijan Robinson · 16.2/g Top targetDrake London · 31% QB carries2.1 a game
asqxct
Vikings · his last 8 games
Throws it One back Takes sacks
Pass / run63% / 37% Points for / against21.0 — 27.4 Margin-6.4 Giveaways a game1.1 Sacks taken13.0% of dropbacks Lead backIsaac Brown · 10.6/g Top targetJustin Jefferson · 36% QB carries1.0 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES asqxct against TDS-_-IamQ — the men, not the teams
asqxct leads it 1-0. asqxct won the last one.
1 meeting avg 19.0 — 16.0 biggest: 3 pts to asqxct
S2 · week 8 asqxct 19 — 16 TDS-_-IamQ ASQXCT
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Vikings receivers vs Falcons secondary 86 v 84 EVEN
Falcons receivers vs Vikings secondary 81 v 84 VIKINGS
Vikings line vs Falcons front 82 v 83 EVEN
Falcons line vs Vikings front 85 v 79 FALCONS
Vikings backs vs Falcons run defence 78 v 80 EVEN
Falcons backs vs Vikings run defence 88 v 79 FALCONS
Vikings passer vs Falcons secondary 80 v 84 FALCONS
Falcons passer vs Vikings secondary 77 v 84 VIKINGS
TOP PERFORMERS
Marcel Reed QB Falcons 151 pass yds
J.J. McCarthy QB Vikings 139 pass yds
Drake London WR Falcons 65 rec yds
Bijan Robinson HB Falcons 64 rush yds
Isaiah Sategna III WR Vikings 54 rec yds
Joshua Farmer DT Falcons 1.5 sacks
Xavier Watts SS Falcons 1.5 sacks
Jalon Walker LEDG Falcons 2 sacks
Isaiah Rodgers Sr CB Vikings 2 INTs
Josh Metellus SS Vikings 1 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
VIKINGS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
J.J. McCarthy QB 18/291391052485.2
FALCONS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Marcel Reed QB 21/351511302443.8
RECENT FORM
Vikings
L 6–21 vs Broncos WK 7
L 27–29 vs Bears WK 6
W 41–35 vs Seahawks WK 5
Falcons
L 35–40 vs Buccaneers WK 6
L 20–41 vs Eagles WK 5
W 28–10 vs Saints WK 4
TEAM STATS
Vikings Falcons
268 TOTAL YARDS 245
139 PASSING YARDS 151
129 RUSHING YARDS 94
5 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 5
1 GIVEAWAYS 3
3 TAKEAWAYS 1

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1 VIKINGS — 0 FALCONS
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